Missouri Statutes
§ 534.240 — Extent of claim where there has been no survey.
Missouri § 534.240
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XXXVISTATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Ch. 534Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 534.240 (2026).
Text
Where no legal survey has been made of such possession, the improvement of the person entitled to the possession shall be in the middle of the tract as near as may be, making the survey as near in a square as may be, not to interfere with any established survey or line, or any conditional line agreed upon by the adjoining proprietors or possessors.
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Legislative History
(RSMo 1939 § 2861)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2475; 1919 § 3023; 1909 § 7685
Nearby Sections
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§ 534.010
What entries deemed lawful.§ 534.020
Forcible entry and detainer defined.§ 534.080
Form of summons.§ 534.100
Return of officer.§ 534.120
Failure to prosecute, nonsuit.§ 534.130
Failure of defendant to appear.§ 534.140
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Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 534.240, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/534/534.240.